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Antigen Presenting Cell Biology is devoted to the publication of high quality research concerning every aspect of antigen presenting cells (APCs), one of the most actively progressing topics in immunology. The section focuses on all APC types, in particular, but not limited to, dendritic cells and macrophages and on their ontogenesis, commencing with precursors in the bone marrow and the blood, on to immature APCs resident in lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues and finally to mature APC that migrate into secondary lymphatic organs for initiating adaptive immunity or immune tolerance. Areas of interest also include cell biological and molecular mechanisms of pattern sensing and of antigen uptake and processing, as well as novel methods in APC research. Furthermore, we seek to attract studies focusing on the complex physiological and pathophysiological roles of APC in diseases and in translational research, especially in prospects for cellular immune therapy.

All manuscripts must be submitted directly to the section Antigen Presenting Cell Biology, where they are peer-reviewed by the Associate and Review Editors of the specialty section.

Articles published in the section Antigen Presenting Cell Biology will benefit from the Frontiers impact and tiering system after online publication. Authors of published original research with the highest impact, as judged democratically by the readers, will be invited by the Chief Editor to write a Frontiers Focused Review - a tier-climbing article. This is referred to as "democratic tiering". The author selection is based on article impact analytics of original research published in all Frontiers specialty journals and sections. Focused Reviews are centered on the original discovery, place it into a broader context, and aim to address the wider community across all of Immunology.